Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-08
Four Million for Corruption.
IN ASTONISHING MEMORANDUM FOUND AMONG OK
HRAr. FRRNONT,S PAPrRS

AN ASTONISHING MEMORANDUM FOUND AMONG GEN.
ERAL FREMoNTS PAPERS.
A telegram from Leavenworth, Kan, July 6,
says: The Pacific Railroad Investigating commit
tee arrived here yesterday morning and held q
public session in the board Of trade rooms General
James c. Stone testified that he was one OF the
promoters and organizers OF the Leavenworth,
Pawnee and western Railroad, which subsequent
ly became the Kansas Pacific. 1t was through his
activity that the original Pacific bill passed
found among General John C.Fremont's papers at
the time the general went into bankruptcy, was
shown to the witness: This memorandum pur-
ported to account for the disposition OF about
g. OOO, 900 OF the stock Of the Leavenworth, Paw
nee and Western Railroad by General Stone and
Thmss Ew1 the
persons to whom its stock purpOrted to have been
Issued, the original or the memorandum contain
witness to the several items. When asked
as to those comments he testified that he wrote
them as the expression not Of himself but OF Sam
Hallett, or others who We're interested.
In this memorandum, opposite the item, "R. w.
Mobratney, 1000 shares, !" was the remark, sup
t. be bsn qs 1s
Bennett, Elmira n. r, 600 shares, 81, ,OOO, 600
was the comment, supposed to be for H. Bennett,
the additional comment "Upsher and Bennett
right, let Smith and Thompson slide" opposite
the item "E W; Chase, Chaseville, y. Y" was the
Opposite the item, 81. f. Cowan, $500 shares,
$l.o, ,OOO" was the semark, supposed to he for r.
stevens" and the additional comment, ..If any OF
this stock or land Or money promised this man
is really for Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, that part
ought to be respected" Opposite the item '.Mrs.
600" was tine word ..Right." Opposite the item
"Dewey, New York, 800 shares SAC. 600" was the
word "BlacEmail." Opposite the item "Wilson,
word "Right." Opposite the item "B F. Camp,
New York city, and Others $50, ,OOO" was the COM
ment, "Cut Camp 70 the red, supposed to be for
"Carlisle OF Virginia" Opposite the item "JoneS,
100 shares, $50 OOO," was the comment, supposed
to be Forney's friend" opposite the item Gross,
shares, $l2O, was the comment, "HOld over
them In terror"
The witness disclaimed any personal knowl-
edge as to where this stock eventually got. He
did not know personally that any OF 1t had been
given for the purposes OF corrupting legislation.
The X. W. Thompson alluded to was the "Dick
Thompson" according to the testimony of this
witness, who was afterward Hayes Secretary or
the Navy and the Smith referred to was at one
s 1 G Ss
members Of Congress- Being Western man he
had considerable influence.
NOT CREDITED.
The New York Times, referring to the above,
and particularly to the entries "Wilson, New
lis, OF the New York Herald, 4e0 shares $4,000, !"
says MI. Wilson was always poor man. Though
but little known to newspaper workers Of these
remember him as an honorable man, whose in
tegrity was quite beyond temptation OF the kind
Indicated in Gen. stones testimony, and
he never had $4,000 in his life,
either in Leavenworth, Pawnee and West
ern shares or in any other form. Certainly
he had no power to aid the Pacific Railroad bill.
where We have no doubt that the entry rela-
ting to Mrs Wallis OF the New York Herald, is
equally fictitious Like Mr. Wilson. Dr.. Wallis, OF
the Herald, was always poor man, and none Of
his friends viii be able to credit the statement
that he ever accepted brfbe, or even In his life
n>, II n0nt,ov. cSs saprrrC m F0
specring Thaddeus stevens shows with sun1cient
ciearness character OF the transactions recorded
in this memorandum II any such shares were
that the person charged with their distribution
made this memorandum to cover the amounts
privately appropriated as salve Tor his own wound
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